Aesop's Fables.
A collection of nearly sixty fables from the Greek thinker Aesop. Includes such well known tales as "The Fox and the Grapes," "The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf," and "The Grasshopper and the Ants." RC 52555.

Anne of Green Gables by Lucy L. Montgomery.
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a Prince Edward Island farm in Canada. There she proceeds to make an indelible impression on everyone around her. For grades 5-8 and older readers.. Anne of Green Gables, Book 1. RC 56114, BR 10098. Also available as a descriptive video, DV 10.

Belles on Their Toes by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.
The book begins where Cheaper by the Dozen (RC 23282, BR 353) ended, and describes the fatherless family's struggle and adventures. Gilbreth Family series, book 2. RC 26310.

Big Red by Jim Kjelgaard.
Seventeen-year-old Danny Pickett takes a shine to a big red Irish setter on a nearby ranch. Naming the dog "Red," he uses him to help hunt a dangerous bear who’s been killing livestock. Red series, Book 1. RC 49525, BR 12530.

Black Beauty by Anna Sewell.
Black Beauty, a fine stallion, tells of his suffering as he is sold from one cruel master to another. This book was written to dramatize the abuse of horses in nineteenth century England. RC 41291, BR 1425.

The Bobbsey Twins of Lakeport by Laura Lee Hope.
The Bobbsey children, twelve-year-old twins Bert and Nan and six-year-old twins Fred and Flossie, love to solve mysteries. They have been asked by their mother to help elderly Mrs. Marden find an unusual gemstone and a rare coin collection that she misplaced in her old, and some say haunted, house before she moved to a retirement home. The Bobbsey Twins series. RC 31229.

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner.
The four Alden children begin their adventures by making a home for themselves in an abandoned boxcar in the woods. Their hardest job is to keep the people in the nearby town from knowing that they are orphans and all alone. The Boxcar Children series. RC 16630, BR 9507.

Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr.
An account of happy family life in the 1920s. The author's father, an efficiency expert who believed in living fully, entertained and practiced some very unconventional ideas about raising his many children. This edition contains an update on the twelve original Gilbreths and their many children. Gilbreth Family series, book 1. RC 23282, BR 353. Also available as a descriptive video, DV 516.

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew by Margaret Sidney.
The five Pepper children and their mother share fun, love, and good times even though they have very little money and a great many problems. RC 43745.

Hans Brinker or, The Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge.
In the winter Hans and his sister Gretel enjoy skating on frozen canals in Holland, even though they are so poor they have only clumsy, wooden skates. They would like to win the silver skates offered as the prize in a race. RC 49179, BR 12425.

Heidi by Johanna Spyri.
Heidi loves her old grandfather and their simple life high in the Swiss Alps. When she is sent to the city to be a companion to the ailing Klara, Heidi almost dies from homesickness. RC 22936, BR 6294.

Lassie Come-Home by Eric Knight.
The story of a prize collie belonging to a Yorkshire boy from a poor home. When the family is forced to go on welfare, Lassie is sold to a wealthy man and taken hundreds of miles north to Scotland. But nothing can shake Lassie's loyalty to the boy she loves, and she heads south to her home and her master. RC 22763.

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott.
The author's home life in New England is the basis of this book, which has been popular for more than a century. The tale tells the story of the four March sisters: quick-tempered Jo, who is restless for freedom; Beth, who loves her home and family; Meg, who longs for pretty clothes; and self-absorbed Amy. March Family series, Book 1. RC 58830, BR 11778.

My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara.
Portrays family life on the ranch, the Wyoming landscape, and a boy's devotion to the care and training of his colt, Flicka. Flicka series, Book 1. RC 26642, BR 1612.

National Velvet by Enid Bagnold.
Having won a piebald horse in a raffle, Velvet Brown conceives the idea of riding it herself in the Grand National horse race. RC 12453, BR 60250.

Old Yeller by Fred Gipson.
1860s Texas. Fourteen-year-old Travis at first resents the big, yellow stray dog that hangs around his home, but he comes to love and depend on him. With his father away on a cattle drive, Travis is the man of the house and looks to Old Yeller for help and protection. For grades 5-8. RC 47404, BR 11976. Also available as a descriptive video, DV 76.

The Raggedy Ann and Andy Storybook  by Johnny Gruelle.
Four of the original stories about a pair of dolls who have become household words and childhood favorites: "Raggedy Ann Rescues Fido," "Raggedy Ann and the Painter," "The Singing Shell," and "Raggedy Andy's Smile." RC 18376.

Rootabaga Stories  by Carl Sandburg.
Nonsense tales about the American Middle West. Among the characters are Gimme the Ax and his two children, Please Gimme and Ax Me No Questions! RC 25522.

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
After becoming an orphan, ill-tempered and neglected Mary is sent to live on an uncle's huge estate where she meets an equally wretched, invalid cousin. Together they conspire to restore a locked secret garden while her cousin regains his health and his father's affection. RC 23638, BR 10102.

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter.
All about the famous rabbit family: Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail, and especially Peter, who disobeys Mother Rabbit's order to stay out of Mr. McGregor's garden. RC 13917, BR 5087.

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Young Jim Hawkins finds a map in a dead seaman’s possessions. His friends, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey, realize it’s a treasure map. They hire a ship, unaware that the crew includes the pirate Long John Silver. RC 52436, BR 13682.

The Velveteen Rabbit or, How Toys Become Real by Margery Williams.
The Velveteen Rabbit suffers more hardship than most other stuffed animals, and finally he is thrown into the trash. But the love of his owner and the help of the "Fairy of Old Toys" salvage the Velveteen Rabbit and transform him into a real, live rabbit with a soft, cotton tail. RC 41681, BR 11596.